# KHAAAAANNN!!! GONNNE? (Ricardo Montalban) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 14, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324 "2009-01-14T21:04:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/61 "2009-01-15T19:05:23Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I suspect you’ll hear it about Tom Hanks and probably Michael J. Fox among others. Sissy Spacek (not exactly a kid, but not in Montalban’s age range) is up there as well- super nice and genuine person. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/62 "2009-01-15T19:13:27Z")
I started the thread: [Which of today’s actors are “class acts” or genuine nice guys?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10697854#post10697854) I included **Sampiro** ’s suggestion with mine. ---
**Author:** ![Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3ab097/32.png) [@Khan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/63 "2009-01-16T05:40:13Z")
With all the ways Ricardo Montalban’s roles impacted our culture, his passing is bittersweet: he’s gone, but it’s comforting that he as an individual will be immortal in his legacy as an entertainer. Godspeed, your excellency. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/64 "2009-01-16T18:50:56Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > [Obligatory Nitpick] **soft** Corinthian leather [/ON] Wow. I would have bet my next 5 paychecks that it was rich Corinthian leather. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/65 "2009-01-16T19:20:35Z")
> [@KRM](#): > > Wow. I would have bet my next 5 paychecks that it was rich Corinthian leather. And I also. AND I’ve seen several websites where the debate continues which makes me wonder- could it have been both? “Soft Corinthian leather” just does not sound right to me. I can hear the alliteration in my head of RM’s voice rolling the “rrrich Corrrinthian leather”. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/66 "2009-01-16T19:27:00Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > And I also. AND I’ve seen several websites where the debate continues which makes me wonder- could it have been both? > > “Soft Corinthian leather” just does not sound right to me. I can hear the alliteration in my head of RM’s voice rolling the “rrrich Corrrinthian > leather”. It sort of is. In one of the ads he says, “Rich, soft, Corinthian leather.” ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/67 "2009-01-16T19:29:51Z")
I googled the two thusly: +“ricardo”+“rich corinthian leather” got 35,000+ results. +“ricardo”+“soft corinthian leather” got 5,000+ results. So what the hell? Too many people have that in their heads. I will say that most of the links I clicked in that first batch (first page only) mentioned that it was really “soft”. Where the heck did “rich” come from? ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/68 "2009-01-16T19:42:47Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > It sort of is. In one of the ads he says, “Rich, soft, Corinthian leather.” I’d love to see it. I’ve gone through the ads on youtube and only heard “soft Corinthian leather”. Who are we gonna believe? Our memories or those lyin’ video tapes?!?😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324/69 "2009-01-16T19:48:58Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I’d love to see it. I’ve gone through the ads on youtube and only heard “soft Corinthian leather”. > > Who are we gonna believe? Our memories or those lyin’ video tapes?!?😃 The ad I linked to upthread has him saying it. You can barely make out the “Rich” because of the crappy audio quality. There’s probably an SNL skit or two out there that makes fun of the commercials, and that maybe where people picked up on the “rich” part. (If not SNL, some other sketch show, where it was spoofed. I can remember seeing it, but can’t think of who did it, or who the actors were.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/khaaaaannn-gonnne-ricardo-montalban/481324.md?page=3)